A Japanese ship, drifting aimlessly in the Pacific for over a year since last year's tsunami, is finally going to come to rest -- possibly on the shores of Alaska or Canada. Unless -- UNLESS -- you and I get to it first and turn it into a pirate ship! *flipping down eyepatch* Yaaaaarrrr, let's do this thing, matey! "Don't call me matey." Yaaaaarrrr, let's do this thing, pencil-dick.

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley said Sunday the coast guard dropped a data marker on the ship Saturday so they would have a constant, real-time position on the ship.

"It has the potential to be a hazard, especially with the unknown of what's on board, the direction that the vessel could be travelling."

A Transport Canada spokeswoman said marine currents and winds could make the vessel's destination unpredictable; a warning has been issued to mariners to watch for the potential hazard.

"We will ensure that it does not wash ashore on the Canadian coast," Sau Sau Liu said.

As my tipster Sam pointed out, there's a possibility this thing is being sailed by a crew of radioactive ghost pirates, hellbent on claiming Alaska for their own. "Let them have it?" Hey, I'm cool with it if you are.

They're afraid it's radioactive, though I suspect that the ship left Japan before it got dosed. Anyway if they got close enough to drop a gps on it why didn't they drop some detector too? Richard Martin seems to be the only one who's really thought this through.

artilleryboy

I wonder if there is a bunch of illegal immigrants hiding somewhere on that boat just waiting to get to their new country. I highly doubt it though

Cody Mesler

all those dead bodies.......

PolleN112

Cloverfield, I bet the cargo hold is just full of Cloverfield, or Godzilla. Either way Alaska is about to get more giant monster-y

The only useful thing coming out of Alaska is oil, and radioactive ghost pirates can pump oil just as well as the living, and have fewer union negotiated benefits. Let them have it. Should reduce the cost of filling up my tank.